{"product_id":"9780060809072","title":"Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey Series #10)","description":"When Harriet Vane attends her Oxford reunion, known as the \"Gaudy,\" the prim academic setting is haunted by a rash of bizarre pranks: scrawled obsentities, burnt effigies and poison-pen letters — including one that says, \"Ask your boyfriend with the title if he likes arsenic in his soup.\"  Some of the notes threaten murder; all are perfectly ghastly; yet in spite of their scurrilous nature, all are perfectly worded.  And Harriet finds herself ensnared in a nightmare of romance and terror, with only the tiniest shreds of clues to challenge her powers of detection, and those of her paramour, Lord Peter Wimsey.\u003cp\u003eAuthor Biography: Dorothy L. Sayers is the author of novels, short stories, poetry collections, essays, reviews and translations. Although she was a noted Christian scholar, she is most known for her detective fiction. Born in 1893, she was one of the first women to be awarded a degree from Oxford University. Her first book featuring Lord Peter Wimsey, \u003ci\u003eWhose Body?,\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 1923 and over the next 20 years more novels and short stories about the aristocratic amateur sleuth appeared. Dorothy L. Sayers is recognized as one of the greatest mystery writers of the 20th century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLetter from the Editor: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDorothy L. Sayers is recognized as one of the greatest mystery writers of the 20th century. In 1923, \u003ci\u003eWhose Body?,\u003c\/i\u003e her first book, featuring the aristocratic amateur sleuth, Lord Peter Wimsey, was published, and over the next 20 years more novels and short stories appeared. All 15 of Sayers' mysteries are available from HarperPaperbacks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow there is a new Dorothy L. Sayers novel. A long-lost partial manuscript titled \u003ci\u003eThrones,Dominions\u003c\/i\u003e was discovered last year, and acclaimed mystery writer Jill Paton Walsh has completed it. St. Martin's Press will publish this book in February. This is a signal publishing event, and HarperCollins congratulates St. Martin's Press. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are sure that \u003ci\u003eThrones, Dominions\u003c\/i\u003e will delight Sayers' fans and find new ones for her, and in the process whet appetites for Sayers' other mysteries. A list of these books is attached. In the words of Dorothy L. Sayers herself, \"Murder must advertise.\" So, in addition to an announcement about \u003ci\u003eThrones, Dominions\u003c\/i\u003e in a recent issue of \u003ci\u003ePublisher's Weekly,\u003c\/i\u003e the next edition of the HarperCollins mystery newsletter, \u003ci\u003eDeadline,\u003c\/i\u003e will include a piece on the Sayers books, as will St. Martin's Press' newsletter, \u003ci\u003eMurder at the Flatiron Building.\u003c\/i\u003e HarperCollins will also feature information about the Sayers' backlist on its web page.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDorothy L. Sayers died in 1957, but her books continue to enthrall readers today. Please help us celebrate the doyenne of the Golden Age of the Mystery, Dorothy L. Sayers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47021178585328,"sku":"9780060809072","price":5.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780060809072","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}